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AlexV
I know it’s a bit contradictory since he’s not young. But I would love got the cubs to sign hill for the backend of the rotation behind hendricks. Maybe the epstein brain trust would go for it? I always felt piniella gave him too quick a hook and while he seemed to be a head case, this definitely wouldn’t have helped the issue.
RedRooster
Kennedy is a Boras client. Boras would never let him accept the QO. And as far as it hurting his value, having to forfeit a draft pick didn’t stop the Twins and Mets from throwing multi-year deals at Ervin Santana and Michael Cuddyer. And people seem to think Jeff Samardzija deserves a QO this offseason while Kennedy has been much better this year and has a better track record. I say since Preller didn’t trade Kennedy at the deadline, he really has no choice but to extend him a QO.
Niekro
I don’t know if I’d say Kennedy has been much better this year than Samardzija, pitching at Petco in the NL Kennedy should have a lot better numbers than he does. His fip is also close to 5.
RedRooster
He has pitched better on the road than at PETCO so don’t even try it with the “He only pitches well because he plays in a pitcher’s park” excuse. Kennedy has been much better than Samardzija this year and every year except 2014. And who cares about FIP? There’s a lot of stuff it doesn’t tell you.
Vandals Took The Handles
I do not understand the fascination with Kennedy. Take him out of what might be the best pitchers park in MLB and but him in an average park or one of the 8-10 bandboxes and talk about how good he is.
RedRooster
He has pitched better on the road than at PETCO so don’t even try it with the “He only pitches well because he plays in a pitcher’s park” excuse. And PETCO actually isn’t as pitcher friendly as it was before they brought the fences in. Kennedy actually has a pretty nice track record in some notorious hitters parks, including leading the NL in wins back in 2011 while pitching half his games in Chase Field.
danfromfreddybeach
why would SD extend a QO to Kennedy? He had one good season years ago and hasn’t done anything to merit an above average major league salary since then. If SD extend a QO, even Boras would have to advise him to accept it. It would have the side benefit for Boras of getting people to stop saying he never has his clients accept the QO.
bruinsfan94 2
Boras would not advise him to accept it. Kennedy is only 30 and made 10 million this year. He is going to do fine in free agency.
RedRooster
No, Boras would never let Kennedy accept the QO. There are worse players who have gotten QO’s and worse players who will get QO’s in the future. And if they aren’t giving him a QO then why the FXXK did they hold onto him at the deadline?
madmc44
I hope the RSox put out a 2 or 3 year deal to Rich Hill. A Boston area resident–He knows how to pitch and can be a starter, long guy or short reliever. He would seem to be the ideal replacement for Breslow.
ianthomasmalone
Hill has just about no shot at a major league deal, let alone a multiyear one.
bruinsfan94 2
That is the stupidest thing I’ve ever read.
greeves
Actually, Mark your comment about Anibal Sanchez being the only significant pitcher signed by Dave Dombrowski is incorrect. He resigned Sanchez after he was acquired with Omar Infante from the Marlins at the trade deadline that summer.. Also I am not entirely sure of his timeline in Miami but he they did sign Alex Fernandez prior to 1997 from the White Sox. He would surely be on the same level of talent as Sanchez, if not higher.
Jeff Todd
I assume this is in reference to the mailbag post?
Mark’s response there said exactly what you wrote regarding his trading for and then re-signing Sanchez. So I’m not sure what the complaint is, exactly.
As for Alex Fernandez, that looks to be a fair point, though it was nearly 20 years ago. Nice pull — that’s well before MLBTR (let alone our FA tracker) even existed.
Out of place Met fan
This may be the year teams use the QO as a leverage tactic to re-sign Kennedy, Murphy, and Rasmus all stand to do well in FA; but with a depressed market due to a QO could be re-signed at lower rates.
RedRooster
Honestly I think that does happen and Kennedy stays in San Diego on a 4-year $50m deal or something like that.